James McConnell

This is James McConnell, a former British Royal Marine who recently passed away at the age of 70 in the care home to which he was admitted last month.
He had no known family or friends and care workers at the home feared that they would be the only people to attend his funeral.
The story found its way onto social networking sites and today more than 200 people turned out to mark their respect, including a motorcycle procession, British Legion standard bearers and 2 Royal Marine buglers playing the Last Post.
RIP James.